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Friday business briefs 8-15

Slocum promoted to morning meteorologist

WINSTON-SALEM — WXII 12 announced the promotion of Brian Slocum to weekday morning meteorologist, a role he has been working in for the past three months. He will be joining Kimberly Van Scoy, Nicole Ducouer and Busta Brown weekdaysfrom 4:30-7 a.m. Slocum has been a part of the WXII 12 News family for the last nine years. He is an AMS-certified broadcast meteorologist; holds a bachelor of science in geography with a concentration in climatology from the University of Illinois and a bachelor of science in geo-sciences from Mississippi State University; and has well over a decade of broadcast meteorology experience.

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Manufacturing up for May, down for year

MCLEAN, Va. — June U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $405.73 million, according to the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). This total, as reported by companies participating in the program, was up 12.6 percent from May but down 2.1 percent when compared with the total of $414.26 million reported for June 2013. With a year-to-date total of $2,349.38 million, 2014 is down 2.7 percent compared with 2013.

“Order gains in June were driven by two factors — the end of the quarter and continued strength in key customer industries, especially automotive, aerospace, medical and energy,” said Douglas K. Woods, AMT president. “What really warrants attention, however, is a rise in the average value of orders, as this suggests manufacturers are making investments in greater productivity as well as capacity. Our forecasts suggest continued moderate growth throughout the rest of the year and going into 2015.”

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Premier to acquire TheraDoc

CHARLOTTE — Premier, Inc. (Nasdaq:PINC) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire TheraDoc, a market leading provider of clinical surveillance software, for $117 million in cash, subject to potential purchase price adjustments regarding TheraDoc’s actual working capital, cash and indebtedness at closing. The transaction is expected to close in Premier’s fiscal 2015 first quarter ending Sept. 30, subject to customary closing conditions. Premier expects the acquisition to be accretive to earnings in the first year following the transaction’s completion.